Syracuse Mets Bounce Back vs Rochester, Friday’s Game Postponed
It was back into the win column for the Syracuse Mets after a 6-1 win over Rochester.
After giving up 11 runs the night before you had to have a feeling the Mets pitching staff would rebound and rebound, they did. The staff was the story tonight and it all started with Tony Dibrell. He got the start and pitched a fantastic 5 frames. One mistake against Matt Adams led to the only run of the game but going 5 innings while allowing just 2 hits, 1 earned and no walks with 2 strikeouts as well is stellar. The bullpen picked up right where he left off and outshined their starter. Zach Muckenhirn, Jimmy Yacabonis and T.J. McFarland closed out the final four innings in no-hit fashion while combining for just 1 walk and 3 strikeouts over those four innings. The staff collectively avoided barrels, trusted the defense behind them and kept pitch counts low to combine for arguably the staff’s best performance so far.
It wasn’t a hot start at the plate for the Mets either, but the middle innings proved to be the difference. With Jonathan Arauz on the in bottom of the 4th Mark Vientos broke the 0-0 deadlock with his 2nd homer of the season. Matt Adams delivered his response in the top of the 5th, but the Mets had the counterpunch. Jose Peraza and Tanner Murphy both singled before Arauz loaded the bases with a walk. Danny Mendick delivered the final blow with a double to center that brough in all three and made it 5-1. The only other run came in the bottom of the 6th as Ronny Mauricio wanted to add onto his two homer performance from last night and add another solo shot to right.
Its back to .500 for the Mets after the win and were originally slated to be back for craft beer and fireworks tonight at 6:35.The alternate plan due to low expected temperatures will be a doubleheader tomorrow with first pitch of game one set for 1:05 p.m. Rochester is expected to start Joan Adon in game one, a right handed pitcher with a 5.79 ERA over his 4.2 innings thus far in 2023.